at the Higgins Middle School, 85 Perkins Street, Peabody, MA
Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers, the Salem State University Community Chorus, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards.
This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.
The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person.
Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions.
Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence, and to help heal her mother’s pain, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.
Please register below.
